I recently built a new AMD rig,
FX-8320E - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113376
Saphire 280x tri-x OC version - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202125
MSI 970A-G46 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130637
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
Everything is in this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146067&cm_re=phantom_case-_-11-146-067-_-Product
And was running extremely cool.
and I got a PSU (Ultra Xfinity 600w - http://www.xoxide.com/ultra-xfinity-600w-black.html ) from my girlfriends IT father. Taking his word that it was a very capable PSU, I didn't bother researching its specs too much (Now I'm fairly sure it does not have enough power for the GPU I have) All I did was get it installed and then played for 3 hours straight on SMITE and TItanfall(Maxed everything) and the PC rebooted, giving me the kernal 41 power critical error.
After this I researched all the causes and found that my PSU was in todays market a 20$ lump of outdated badness. What I'm wondering is how much permanent damage, if any, has been done to my components due to this PSU.
Bear in mind I've had the system for 2 days, and the only use its gotten was about 3 hours of gameplay.
PSU specs:
Power Input:
Voltage: 115/230VAC
Frequency: 50/60Hz
Current: 10/6A
DC Output:
Max Power: 600W
Current:
+5V: 30A
+3.3V: 25A
+12V1: 18A
+12V2: 20A
-12V: 0.6A
+5VSB: 2.5A
Efficiency: 70% Typical at Full Load
Cooling: 2 x 80mm Fans
Certifications: FCC, UL, nVIDIA SLI, ATX v2.2/v2.03/v1.3
Protection: Short Circuit, In-Rush, Thermal Overload
FX-8320E - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113376
Saphire 280x tri-x OC version - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202125
MSI 970A-G46 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130637
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
Everything is in this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146067&cm_re=phantom_case-_-11-146-067-_-Product
And was running extremely cool.
and I got a PSU (Ultra Xfinity 600w - http://www.xoxide.com/ultra-xfinity-600w-black.html ) from my girlfriends IT father. Taking his word that it was a very capable PSU, I didn't bother researching its specs too much (Now I'm fairly sure it does not have enough power for the GPU I have) All I did was get it installed and then played for 3 hours straight on SMITE and TItanfall(Maxed everything) and the PC rebooted, giving me the kernal 41 power critical error.
After this I researched all the causes and found that my PSU was in todays market a 20$ lump of outdated badness. What I'm wondering is how much permanent damage, if any, has been done to my components due to this PSU.
Bear in mind I've had the system for 2 days, and the only use its gotten was about 3 hours of gameplay.
PSU specs:
Power Input:
Voltage: 115/230VAC
Frequency: 50/60Hz
Current: 10/6A
DC Output:
Max Power: 600W
Current:
+5V: 30A
+3.3V: 25A
+12V1: 18A
+12V2: 20A
-12V: 0.6A
+5VSB: 2.5A
Efficiency: 70% Typical at Full Load
Cooling: 2 x 80mm Fans
Certifications: FCC, UL, nVIDIA SLI, ATX v2.2/v2.03/v1.3
Protection: Short Circuit, In-Rush, Thermal Overload